[EUROPEAN RACES] The title race narrowed in England — but Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini doesn’t believe for aminute his team has a chance of catching Manchester United. Bayern Munich all but raised the white flag after it lost to Borussia Dortmund in their top-of-the-table clash in Germany. Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick to help keep Real Madrid four points ahead of Barcelona in Spain, while veteran Alessandro DelPiero scored a late free kick to give Juventus the three points it needed to stay ahead of AC Milan in the tightest race of all, the race for Italy’s Scudetto.

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